New updated and revised 2nd edition.

Six songs in German with English translations that are accurate in meaning, meter, and rhythm patterns of the original words. Composed for baritone or mezzo soprano with piano accompaniment by a c.19th female composer, who was a friend of Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn. Johanna also created literary works and she wrote the words for two of these songs. Her poet husband, Gottfried Kinkel, also wrote the words of two of these songs.

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Johanna Kinkel (also Mathieux, Mockel) made her mark in the worlds of both music and literature and her life makes a fascinating story.  Born in Bonn, her childhood music studies were with Beethoven’s teacher. As an adult, she was a friend of Fanny Mendelssohn and Karl Marx. She got caught up in the revolutionary events of 1849 and emigrated to London after helping her husband, Gottfried Kinkel, escape from Spandau prison. Her short life ended tragically when she fell from her bedroom window near Paddington station.